Tuesday January 30, 2007

Waking the Dead

This series is currently on our televisions. It is led by Trevor Eve who plays Peter Boyd who is in charge of this Head of Cold Case Unit. Some folks might remember his as Shoestring a private investigator. He would like to forget that I think.... Boyd is very different. He is a maverick, very impatient, aggressive with suspects he pretty much shows off all the bad traits you could hope to find in a policeman. He is also pretty nasty with his team rarely thanking them for their work and they never seem to have a night out together. In one series we watch him being counciled for his behavior and it turns out he had a son who went missing who was never found. Sue Johnston is excellent as Grace Foley who is the teams Psychological Profiler who does her best to keep Boyd in check. She will be remembered for her role in Brookside and of course the Royle family. Wil Johnson plays Spencer Jordan a fairly unremarkable part for him. Tara FitzGerald is Eve the cigarette smoking Pathologist who does the clever work. Sadly she does not have the same talents or looks as her predecessor that was Holly Aird as Frankie Wharton who had as many brains as the rest of the team put together and was really charming. She was first seen by me in Inspector Morse , Last bus to Woodstock. Also no longer in the series is Claire Goose as Mel Silver who might not have had many brains but was a delight to look at. She died on one of the teams investigations - a sad day for the programm. Félicité Du Jeu is ok as Stella but the jury is still out wether she will be held in my affections as much as Claire Goose. The programs are usually split over two nights - Sunday/Monday - why don't the BBC do two hour programs anymore! Not a bad show.